I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Kanpur Nagar) in Sept 2020
Interview
Cisco came to our campus, during the Internship Season, first, there was an online coding round, after which the qualifying candidates, were sent an email, regarding the interview date and mode of interview, which happened on Cisco's Webex application.
The Interview Process consisted of 4 rounds:
1. Technical Round
2. Managerial Round
3. Executive Round
4. HR Round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1. Find whether there is a joining point of two linked lists or not?
2 stages
1. OA - mix questions from os, cpp and cs fundamentals as well as 2 dsa questions
2. Interview (3rounds)
Round 1. Technical + resume (dsa and projects)
Round 2. Technical and hr (dsa+ resume +projects)
Round 3. Hr only (5 - 10 mins)
Been 2 months, I haven't heard back anything
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Dsa qs mainly on linked list and basics
A lot of questions on projects and general behaviour
It was a bit hard, all fundamentals of CS were tested thoroughly with an emphasis on Computer Networks, Online Assessments had aptitude and coding questions combined counting to a total of 42 questions.
I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cisco (Bhubaneshwar) in Sept 2024
Interview
It was 1 hour interview with DSA and other networking fundamentals plus some puzzles involving math and probability. Overall it was a tough interview. The networking questions required deep understanding of computer networks
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked the classic Monty hall problem as a puzzle